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JMRL Staff Picks
- Staff Picks
- Black History Month - 2020 Theme: African Americans and the Vote
- Ahoy, Matey! Pirate picture books
- Black American Picture Books
- Celebrating Pride (Younger Readers)
- Teen Services Staff Picks
- Celebrating Pride (Older Readers)
- Funny Picture Books to make you LOL
- Back to School Picture Books
- The Story of US Immigration (Adult Fiction)
- The Story of US Immigration (Adult Non-Fiction )
- Teen LGBTQ Black Experiences
- The Story of US Immigration in Young Adult Fiction and Non-fiction
- Nordic Noir
- Chapter Stories About People with Disabilities
- Immigrants & Refugees (Older Readers)
- Immigrants & Refugees (Younger Readers)
- Black American Chapter Books
- Funny Chapter Books to Make You LOL
- Mysteries
- Dystopian Fiction for Teens
- Mysteries Grades 4-6
- Ready for YA? Staff Picks for Younger Readers
- Not-So-Spooky Halloween Picture Books
- Fairy Tale Retellings for Teens
- Middle Grade Dystopian Fiction
- Contemporary Native American & Indigenous Voices
- Fantasy Books for Teens
- Science Fiction for Teens
- Back to School Picture Books
- Fantasy 9 - 12 year olds
- LatinX Experience in Teen Fiction
- LatinX Experience Adult Fiction
- Challenged + Banned Books 2015-2019
- Quick Reads for Teens
- Top Challenged + Banned Books of the Decade 2010-2019
- Star Wars Picks for Teens
- Breathing for Health
- NaNoWriMo Resources
- NaNoWriMo-Born Books
- Virginia Genealogical Resources
- Dinovember
- Dinovember
- Philosophy Book Club List
- Mystery/Thriller Books for Teens
- Native Rain Garden
- Humorous Teen Fiction
- Historical Fiction - African Americans
- Native American Experience in Teen Fiction and Nonfiction
- Village School 7th Grade Essay of Inquiry Assignment
- Feelings: Shelf-Help for Littles
- Christian Fiction by Black Authors
- Christian Fiction by Black Authors
- Contemporary Native American & Indigenous Voices
- Asian/Pacific American Heritage in Young Adult Literature
- Cozy Reads for Teens
- Rainbow Reads: LGBTQ+ Friendly Books for Teens
- Read Local: Virginia Authors For Teens
- DIY Self-care at home
- Fantasy/Adventure 8 year old
- Plays Written by Women
- A-Z : A Picture Book for Every Letter
- Photographs of Charlottesville History
- Goals, Motivation, and Habits
- In the Kingdom of Ice Read Alikes
- African American Poetry for Adults
- Black Lives Matter: A List for Adults
- African American Inventors and Scientists: A List for Adults
- African American Creators: A list of Artists, Musicians and Authors for Adults
- Black Power Movement: A List for Adults
- Civil Rights Movement: A List for Adults
- African-American Athletes: A List for Adults
- Humorous Fiction
- African American Authors
- Mental Health in Young Adult Literature
- Fandom and Geek Culture
- French language for Francis
- The Undefeated
- Children's Civil Rights books
- Children's African American Biographies
- Children's African American Poetry
- Baby
- American Library Association Young Adult Award Books 2021
- 2.5 year old animals and trucks
- Self Care
- My Hero Academia
- The Promised Neverland
- biography
- Virginia Festival of the Book 2021
- Children's Women's History Month
- Great Library Bake Off - Baking Books and DVDs
- to read
- Test list
- Mental Health Resources
- For Mira: Realistic Fiction with friendship themes
- Many Cultures, Many Gifts, One Home: Diversity in Books for Teens
- The Golden Collection
- Environmental Titles for Earth Day
- Virginia Studies Booklist
- Jewish American Heritage Month for teens
- Movies
- Learn to knit
- Levi summer 2021
- Adventure and Friendship 8 year old girl
- Cort
- Pollinators
- Fiction
- #1000BlackGirlBooks - Teens
- To read
- ONE DAY SOON
- Sailing
- #1000BlackGirlBooks - Children
- Before five in a row
- LGBT Children's Books we don't have
- Want to Read
- Romance Free Books for Teens
- Houseplants (print books)
- Houseplants (E-Books)
- Read It, Cook It!
- Seraphina's List
- Real food for healthy kids
- Kids book club recommendations
- Enjoying Ted Lasso? Read these books!
- Adult Winter Reading Challenge 2021
- Winter Reading Challenge 2022
- Historical Fiction for Teens
- Humorous Nonfiction
- Mindfulness For Kids
- Information Literacy
- Math and 'Puters
- Fun Backyard Science
- Celebrate Black Authors
- We Are Not Free Readalikes for Teens
- SamePage 2022
- Black History Month 2022: Black Health and Wellness
- Virginia Festival of the Book 2022
- Civil War, Reconstruction, and Black History
- Exploring Nature with Children
- Climate Change
- Gardening and Houseplants
- Gardening and Houseplants -- EBooks
- Finances
- Mental Health Resources for Teens
- Beyond the How-To Festival
- Pollinators and Wildflowers (Adult)
- Pollinators and Wildflowers (Children's)
- Girl Crush! MG & YA novels
- Disability Visibility: MG & YA books
- AAPI Asian and Pacific Islander
- Adult Fantasy Novels
- YA books to make you cry
- Food & Drink Inspiration
- Read With Pride
- LGBTQ+ Memoir and Essays
- On the Same Page Podcast Summer Reading
- Books Behind Bars: the Role of Books in Prisons
- 8 year old advanced reader
- Mysteries Grades 2-3
- Oceans of Possibilities
- Reading Possibilities
- Adventure on E-book/Downloadable
- books that stay on my mind
- Reading list
- Adventure-6 yo
- Spine Crackers History
- Books on Tap history
- Brown Baggers (Central) June 2022 - May 2023
- Brown Baggers (Central) history
- Monday Night Book Group (Crozet) history
- America is My New Home - Books for Kids about Immigrants
- Fantasy Books (juvenile)
- No Bias Blues (Juvenile)
- Read Diversely
- Read-Alouds for 5-7 Year Olds
- Kindness Connection (Juvenile)
- Zap!: Graphic Novel Book Group
- Sort of Graphic Novels in Juvenile Fiction
- Books Gone Hollywood
- 13 yo adventure
- WDIRN 10 year old
- Celebrate International Day of Friendship!
- Mindful Movement
- Westerns
- Detective Dames of Days Gone By
- Set in Virginia (Adult Fiction)
- Outstanding Audiobooks
- All the Light We Cannot See Read-Alikes
- Women of Color, history
- Jojo Moyes Read-Alikes
- Magnus's Family Pack Request
- 12 year old Adventure
- 10 yo-Sci-fi
- jmrl's steampunk fiction tag
- Monday Night Book Club (Crozet) - September 2022-July 2023
- Kindness Matters
- Immigrants, Refugees, and Historical Fiction
- Literary Masterpieces Book Group (Gordon)
- Reading List
- Divorce and Separation
- Let Freedom Read
- Black Authors With Black Characters
- Fantasy good to read aloud
- Books on Tap 2023-2024
- Teens' Top Ten Winners 2022
- Funny Read Alouds for 5 - 6 yr old.
- New Orleans
- Fall Into Reading: An "On the Same Page" Podcast List
- Grief and Loss
- If you liked... The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- Celebrate Native American Heritage - Picture Books
- Celebrate Native American Heritage - for older readers
- Reading Resolutions: An "On the Same Page" Podcast List
- Want to Read
- Assertiveness
- 8 yo-Adventure, Spooky, Facts, Anime
- Same Page 2023
- Mending
- Family Pack
- Hiking Books
- Learn to Crochet
- All You Wanted to Know About Hiking
- Let’s Get Next Time
- Virginia Festival of the Book 2023
- Emotions-Preschooler
- Brown Baggers (Central) June 2023 - May 2024
- Warriors
- Jane Whitefield
- 10 yo realistic fiction/drama
- 8 yo-Christian Fiction
- Demon Slayer Read-A-likes
- National Arab American Month
- 5 in a Row - 2023-24
- summer reading
- Nature Camp
- Talking to your kid about gender & sexuality
- Adventure & Friendship, Beginner Chapter books
- Mysteries, comics, and trivia
- Summer Board Books
- Stories about frienship and decision making
- Cold-Blooded Creatures, ages 5-8
- NYC
- Summer+
- Canning and Preserving
- Turtles
- 12 yo YA Horror, Mystery, Romance
- Summer 2023
- 7 yo-revenge and adventure
- 11 yo adventure
- 3 yo-Picture Books, Trucks, Animals
- Healthy Life
- Picture Books for Cat Lovers
- Graphic Novels for 11 yo
- 11 yo, mystery, adventure, friendship
- 8 yo-Mystery and Friendship
- Graphic Novel Squad
- STEM in Graphic Novels
- Books for Titan
- Adventure Comics and Fantasty
- Enemies-to-Lovers, Romance, and Fantasty
- Michael's Beach Reads 2023
- 10 yo fantasy, fairytale, drama
- 7 yo action,fantasy
- Witches
- Mermaid Picture Books
- Adventure
- Mystery, adventure, and science
- 6 yo Humor
- Children's Books Originally Published in Language Other than English
- Strong Female Early Readers
- Fantasy and Mystery
- Crystal Jones
- Manga: Middle Grade
- Manga: Adult
- Manga: Young Adult (13-17 yr. old)
- Buddy
- Library of Things Kits
- Mom
- Wednesday Evening Book Group Ideas
- Kids School
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah
- Books for Ginger - 10 years old
- Irene
- Marvel club Middle school
- 8 and 9 year old Fantasy, adventure and animals
- Cozy Mysteries
- Israel/Palestine
- Feelings, Worry, School drop off
- Parenting List - 4 yo
- Emory
- Social and emotional skills for a 4 year old loves math
- Science, engineering, inventing 9 yr old boy
- Imagination books for 8 year old
- Helping Children Handle Grief
- Grief - For Teens
- Sara test list
- DVDs Drama
- CHAPTER BOOKS FOR 5 YEAR OLDS
- 11 YEAR OLD mystery
- Spine Crackers Winter/Spring 2024
- Reading list
- Adult Winter Reading Challenge 2021
- Sara test list
- Let Freedom Read
- biography
- DVDs Drama
- Holiday Collection
- Emory
- Adult Fantasy Novels
- Emory
- Let’s Get Next Time
- Nature Camp
- summer reading
- Let Freedom Read
- Christian Fiction by Black Authors
- Contemporary Native American & Indigenous Voices
- Photographs of Charlottesville History
- Healthy Life
- Christian Fiction by Black Authors
- Contemporary Native American & Indigenous Voices
- Photographs of Charlottesville History
- Emory
- Library of Things Kits
- 10yo-sports non-fiction, sports fiction, or adventure or friendship
- Kids School
- Exploring Nature with Children
- Marvel club Middle school
- Let Freedom Read
- Back to School Picture Books
- Pollinators
- Library of Things Kits
- 3rd grade fiction
- Anxiety/Change
- Nonfiction
- Jane Whitefield
- Mysteries
- New Orleans
- Nordic Noir
- Irene
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah
- Want to read
- Let Freedom Read
- Irene
- Let Freedom Read
- Let Freedom Read
- Levi summer 2021
- Let Freedom Read
- 10 year old interesting places and people
- Emory
- Native Rain Garden
- Library of Things Kits
- Kids School
- Adult Fantasy Novels
- Want to Read
- Kids School
- Exploring Nature with Children
- Marvel club Middle school
- Real food for healthy kids
- Want to Read
- Kids School
- Library of Things Kits
- Native Rain Garden
- Kids School
- Buddy
- Mom
- Let’s Get Next Time
- Want to Read
- Let’s Get Next Time
- Want to Read
- Let Freedom Read
- Adventure & Friendship, Beginner Chapter books
- Cold-Blooded Creatures, ages 5-8
- Talking to your kid about gender & sexuality
- Turtles
- Back to School Picture Books
- Pollinators
- Kids School
- Kids School
- Emory
- French language for Francis
- Let Freedom Read
- Exploring Nature with Children
- Marvel club Middle school
- Library of Things Kits
- Library of Things Kits
- Parenting List - 4 yo
- Let’s Get Next Time
- Adult Fantasy Novels
- Kids School
- Let Freedom Read
- Kids School
- Library of Things Kits
- Wedding
- Back to School Picture Books
- Pollinators
- Want to Read
- Kids School
- jmrl's steampunk fiction tag
- Let Freedom Read
- Reading list
- Adult Fantasy Novels
- Fun Backyard Science
- Math and 'Puters
- Healthy Life
- Kids School
- Kids School
- Today
- Levi summer 2021
- Emory
- Library of Things Kits
- Sailing
- Sewing Magic
- Adult Fantasy Novels
- Adult Fantasy Novels
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah
- Learn to Crochet
- Learn to knit
- Emory
- Nature Camp
- summer reading
- Let Freedom Read
- Kids School
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah
- 2 yo-Music and Trucks
- Want to Read
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah
- Tony's research paper
- Books for Titan
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah
- Library of Things Kits
- Let Freedom Read
- Finances
- Let Freedom Read
- Warriors
- Warriors
- Library of Things Kits
- ONE DAY SOON
- Let Freedom Read
- End of Life: Books on Death and Dying
- Assertiveness
- Kids School
- Youth Media Awards 2024
- Exploring Nature with Children
- Marvel club Middle school
- Date Night Movies
- Read Alouds for Adults
- Love & Relationships
- Body Boundries-1/25/24
- Movies
- NYC
- Summer+
- Let Freedom Read
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah
- Virginia Festival of the Book 2024
- Kids School
- Democracy Reading List
- Friendship books for a first grader
- 2024 Black History and the Arts Books for 0-5 year olds
- Same Page 2024
- Kids School
- Let Freedom Read
- Kids School
- Friendship and adventure books
- Exploring Nature with Children
- Marvel club Middle school
- Library of Things Kits
- Learning,Growing
- Library of Things Kits
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah
- Baby
- Reading list
- Warriors
- Kids School
- Adult Fantasy Novels
- Reading List
- Adult Fantasy Novels
- Reading list
- Let Freedom Read
- Library of Things Kits
- Let Freedom Read
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah
- Feelings, communications, planets and space
- adventure, animals, science
- Reading list
- want to reads
- Kids School
- Music
- Let Freedom Read
- Fiction
- Twelve Dancing Princesses
- Library of Things Kits
- Owl Books
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah
- 5 in a Row - 2023-24
- Want to Read
- Seraphina's List
- Audiobooks
- Sailing
- Adult Fantasy Novels
- Reading list
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah
- Cat Adventures
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah
- June 2024 book club
- Cozy Mysteries
- Manga to Read
- Estate Planning
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah
- Chandy
- Ronald
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah
- Let Freedom Read
- Let’s Get Next Time
- 5 in a Row - 2023-24
- 7th grade
- Before five in a row
- hispanic
- Back to School Picture Books
- Pollinators
- ONE DAY SOON
- Summer 2023
- Brown Baggers (Central) June 2024 - May 2025
- Adult Fantasy Novels
- Smokey Bear's Reading List
- Let’s Get Next Time
- Hiking Books
- Emory
- Moving Homes
- 4 year old manage big feelings
- Let Freedom Read
- Let’s Get Next Time
- Let Freedom Read
- Kids School
- Let Freedom Read
- Library of Things Kits
- Let Freedom Read
- Let Freedom Read
- 12 years old action
- Adult Fantasy Novels
- SUDOO! SUDO WOODO
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah
- Back to School Picture Books
- Pollinators
- Kids School
- Kids School
- Want To Read
- Owen
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah
- pets, adventure, friendship
- Let’s Get Next Time
- Let Freedom Read
- Books on Tap 2024-2025
- Children's Adventure At Your Library-Summer 2024 Ocean Adventure
- Kids School
- Summer Reading 2024: Library Adventures
- Summer Reading 2024: Ocean Adventures
- Children's Adventure At Your Library-Summer 2024 Forest Adventure
- Summer Reading 2024: Forest Adventures
- Let Freedom Read
- Summer Reading 2024: Arctic Adventures
- Summer Reading Booklist-School Visits 2024
- Adult Fantasy Novels
- Kids School
- want to read
- Back to School Picture Books
- Pollinators
- Sailing
- Sailing
- Wordless
- America
- Pride 2024
- Superheroes, Mysteries, and Realistic Fiction
- Library of Things Kits
- Window of Shanghai
- Kids School
- Gardening: Growing and Saving Seeds
- Summer 2023
- Read with Pride 2024 (adult fic & non-fic)
- Kids School
- Buddy
- Mom
- To read
- 10 yo Friendship
- To read
- Emory
- b
- Assertiveness
- je books for a 6 year old
- Making Friends, Short Chapter Books, Babies & Puppies, Dragons, Dinos & Sea Creatures
- 10 yo mythology, graphic novel, realistic
- Emory
- Reading Possibilities
- Kids School
- Library of Things Kits
- 6 yo -Science, dinosaurs, legos, adventure
- swimming
- Christian Fiction by Black Authors
- Contemporary Native American & Indigenous Voices
- Photographs of Charlottesville History
- Seraphina's List
- display project
- Let Freedom Read
- Spine Crackers Fall 2024
- Sailing
- Let Freedom Read
- Fun Backyard Science
- Math and 'Puters
- friendship, realistic fiction 11 year old
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah
- Kids School
- Sailing
- Emory
- Commemorating 60 Years of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Hispanic American (Latinx) Heritage Month
- Let Freedom Read
- To read
- to read:
- Welcoming Week: Refugee Experience
- Families
- Library of Things Kits
- Let Freedom Read
- Kids School
- Horror for Spooky Season
- Let Freedom Read
- Let Freedom Read
- Adult Fantasy Novels
- Sailing
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah
- Horror for Teens
- To read
- Beginner Fiction: Adventurous Boys
- Middle Grade Horror
- Kids School
- 8 yr graphic novel an dearly chapter books
- Emory
- Kids School
- Caleb
- Ethan
- Savannah